Black fruits and Asian spices frame this Columbia Valley Cabernet, now bolstered with Cabernet Franc for aromatic lift. Supple and complex enough to drink now or cellar a decade and a half. Quilceda Creek's first release with the co-varietal shows serious structure beneath the immediate charm, a wine perfectly willing to be delicious today.
Winemaker Notes
This is our first release with Cabernet Franc added to increase the wine’s aromatic complexity. It is a complex and supple wine with flavors and aromas of black fruits, Asian spices, smoke and vanilla. The wine is really delicious now, yet has the structure to allow cellaring for 15+ years.
About the Producer
In 1974, while working as an engineer at Scott Paper, Alex Golitzin began making wine as a hobby. Under the guidance of his uncle, the legendary André Tchelistscheff of Beaulieu Vineyard, he produced a single barrel of Cabernet Sauvignon. He continued producing a barrel each year until Tchelistscheff encouraged him to take it further. Golitzin listened, and in 1979 he bonded his winery under the name Quilceda Creek. For the first decade, Alex needed to keep his day job while producing the wines in a shed using mostly scavenged equipment.
